Although gravity had compressed the area to an extremely small range, barely enough to cover Lin Xia and Bulbasaur, the gentle Life Energy continued to pour out.
It kept healing the tiny wounds gravity had torn open as they climbed, nourishing their tired muscles and bones, and replenishing their spent strength!
Time ticked by, and another half an hour passed. Lin Xia stopped on the twentieth step, where Xie Yue and Hu Liena had paused earlier.
Lin Xia slowly adjusted his breathing, adapting to the pressure here. He even had enough time to glance down at the three battered members of the Golden Generation, their eyes filled with shock and unwillingness.
His gaze was calm and undisturbed, yet more powerful than any words.
As Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan watched the figure standing firmly above them under twenty times gravity, green light swirling around him, all their contempt and resentment froze in an instant.
In their place was utter bewilderment and... disbelief.
So this was how you climbed the steps?!
So this was how the gap was erased?!
They had fought with all their might and arrived at this point only after suffering countless injuries. Their opponent had been slow to get there, but he had arrived as steady as a mountain!
He even had enough strength left to use a healing Soul Skill?!
The immense sense of disparity and utter defeat on a tactical level drenched them like a basin of ice water, extinguishing all their pride.
Daring not to be careless again, and no longer worrying about losing face, the three immediately sat cross-legged despite the pain. They circulated their Soul Power with all their might to suppress their injuries and recover.
But their gazes could no longer shift from the young man above, who was slowly